Quotes from Dwight D. Eisenhower

Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.

You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.

Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don't care what it is.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

The world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence.

Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

We have heard much of the phrase, peace and friendship. This phrase, in expressing the aspiration of America, is not complete. We should say instead, peace and friendship, in freedom. This, I think, is America's real message to the rest of the world.

Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.

Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.